Saturday, November 6, 2010

Vin's

Every suburban neighborhood needs a hangout like Vin's _ stylish without being stifling, lively but not loud. Service here is affable and efficient, in spite of the full-house crowds that have swiftly discovered this place.

The menu could be more adventurous, but it's wide-ranging enough to provide something for everyone. We were on a "lamb theme" for supper, so we went for the spicy stir-fried lamb sausages, which packed a powerful punch of meaty flavor.

Michelle: yep, a spacious shoplot that stretches quite deep! :DMin: I feel your pain! Yeah, both of our neighborhoods could use a Vin's. My area is packed with Chinese eateries, but not a single cocktail-serving joint. I bet if u ever do open your own place, it'd serve some WICKED cocktails! :D LFB: wouldn't that distract u from sanuki though? instead of making twice-weekly udon calls, u might be lured by the siren call of this new restaurant (not to mention its less tragically limited alcohol range) and completely forget your beloved :D

lfb: but i cannot lie about your food! i can already imagine the opening for my review: "MinKen has high hopes of providing gastronomic succor to Taman Desa's long-suffering residents, but sometimes, the road to culinary hell can be paved with the best intentions."

min: i'll be your cocktail consultant! no boring bloody marys at MinKen! u'll be serving creative concoctions laced with everything from wasabi and garlic to pumpkin puree and pork bacon :Dlfb: i'm totally not demanding at all! just make sure that recipes with lotsa eggs feature prominently on your menu! and maybe even exotic creatures like leeches :D

Six eggs and a leech, that'd prolly keep you happy for days. (And of course, only readers who have read your udon post and our current comment conversation would have even any idea what on earth we are jabbering about...)

lfb: imagine how people would come from all corners of the klang valley, from hulu kelang, bandar mahkota cheras, serdang jaya and kota kemuning just to sample a cocktail they can't find anywhere else! :D 'six eggs and a leech' ... see, such a great recipe, u can just slap those five words on the menu, with no fancy name, no description needed, and we'll all order it! :P

lfb: am sure if u went digging through the bushes and the longkangs, u'd find some leeches (though be sure to wash them thoroughly before serving!)p.s. have to make do, since human flesh unavailable. when one doesn't have mars candy bars, cadbury will do :P

lfb: am sure u'll be employing grateful illegal immigrants from myanmar and bangladesh for menial tasks, like so many other outlets (no xenophobia intended!) :Pp.s. i dip my fingers for 10 minutes in rose-scented water every morning, so that they taste good all day long :D

lfb: strong and steady for the work of serving the customers, or for something equally exhausting that u have planned for them behind the kitchen? wink, wink :Pp.s. wait till u get trapped in a collapsed building for several days. then u'll remember my words, and survive the ordeal by eating your fingernails :D

lfb: this is how some employers end up in jail, y'know.p.s. i did think that 'alive' was quite a fun, feel-good movie :Dp.p.s. since when u became superstitious. ok lah ... may lightning strike me twice if u ever get trapped in a collapsed building because of my words! :P

lfb: if u provide customers with some of those fringe benefits too, then i might be a regular :Dp.s. hey, let's organize a trekking expedition in a remote and dangerous are where people often get lost! :Pp.p.s. doesn't 'choi, choi' usually come with a phrase after that to emphasize the point ... something like 'choi choi tai ker lai see' if memory serves me!

lfb: well, maybe some of the female customers wouldn't mind these fringe benefits either :Dp.s. i hear the outback is beautiful this time of the year :Pp.p.s. but perhaps it's the last few words that really seal the deal, complete the spell and prevent misfortune from striking :P

lfb: i wonder if i know any of the potential female customers u're thinking about :Dp.s. i've only been once! to attend a friend's wedding. but it wasn't a comprehensive snapshot of the country, since i spent 10 days in adelaide and 2 days in sydney only! :Dp.p.s. still waiting for the building to collapse on u. i hear a lot of the structures on jln tun razak are creaky...

lfb: we're naming no names, issit :Dp.s. i'm not sure i'd recommend adelaide. though i wouldn't mind spending a few days in melbourne, from what i've heard about it. anyways, before i return to oz, i think i'd aim for nz first though...p.p.s. a building by the road could topple on moving cars too, y'know...

lfb: well, u are indeed more gentlemanly than knavely. but i'm sure even clark gable smooched and spilled the beans at some point :Pp.s. repeat trip to melbourne? wow, sounds like it's a real attraction, eh. airasia x flies to nz also mah...p.p.s. very good, auntie :D

lfb: because we haven't read clark gable's biography mah (i'm still struggling with chanel's)...p.s. yeps, to christchurch, starting early next year. take me along in your suitcase, i wanna see hobbits! :Dp.p.s. the mirror has two faces :P

p.p.s. i finally fooooooooooound someone! (but why we starting with the p.p.s and going backwards)p.s. not my favorite hobbit. though i suppose much preferable to sam :Di'll probably take as long with the book as u did with the dvd. slow reader :D yay, i'll have to think of where to drag u and ck out so that we can exchange merchandise. out of your tmn desa comfort zone, for sure :P

lfb: p.p.s. u're mixing up your blogdiseases lah. this isn't a symptom of comment fatigue :Pp.s. should be no surprise that merry (dominic monaghan) was my fave :D'anywhere but taman desa' is my new motto :P

lfb: i'm lovin' it (to quote another great motto) :Dp.s. entertainment weekly recently reunited the hobbits for a photo spread and interview. they're all ageless! (though sam seems to have snacked on too many snickers)p.p.s. it could be dyslexia :P

lfb: 'love' is too strong a word. or too wrong :Pp.s. if it's out of stock, u can borrow my copy. yep, more tales of horsing around in this interview (u might think they hardly worked at all!)p.p.s. nobody is a zillionaire lah. even trillionaire so hard to find :D